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Description

Diagram 1 of Mk VI Shrapnel shell for British 18 pounder field gun, World War I.
For dimensions and specifications of components, see also :-
Image:18pdrShrapnelDiagram2a.jpg
Image:18pdrShrapnelDiagram2b.jpg
Forged Steel body : 6 lb 5 oz 12 drams
Driving band : 4 oz 12 drams
Metal socket : 8 oz 8 drams
Steel disk : 9 oz 8 drams
Brass tube : 2 oz 12 drams
Tin cup : 1 oz 12 drams
Bullets : approx. 327 @ 41/lb : 7 lb 14 oz 13.5 drams
Resin : 13 oz 11 drams
Total weight empty unpainted : 16 lb 13 oz 8.5 drams +- 11 drams
Bursting charge : 2 oz 8 drams
Paint : 5.5 drams
Fuze : 1 lb 7 oz 10 drams

Total weight : 18 lb 8 oz +- 5 drams
Source

Diagram in "Shrapnel shell manufacture. New York: Industrial Press, 1915" page 252
http://www.archive.org/details/shrapnelshellman00hamirich
Date

1915
Author

Hamilton, Douglas Thomas
Based on British Government ordnance manual
Permission
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